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And with it came a final moment of clarity.
I was on my knees before her, fists balled in her dress as she held the pills that would return her scent. Pills that handed her the freedom she’d been fighting for since the moment I’d taken her.
And now, she could run.
“Please...!”My voice was low and rough.
Just save him.
Please... let me be right. Let me have done one thing right with these scorched alpha instincts I was left with.
From the first moment I’d seen her, I’d known.
She was ours, not theirs.
Never theirs.
Please...
The world faded, my shoulder hitting the ground. It took all of my strength to look up, but when I finally managed it, Shatter was gone.
THIRTY
I am forced to accept that we have explored all possible options to improve her quality of life. My request is for her to be allowed to continue living out the rest of her life at my estate.
SHATTER
My world began with metal walls, flashing red lights, and unrelenting torture.
Each breath was a knife dragged through seizing lungs, and my blood was corrosive, vicious claws trying to tear through flesh from the inside. Even my bones—the roots of my body—betrayed me, beds of white hot agony.
I didn’t go back there. Not ever. It was the first moment I had memories of.
But it was over now.
Yet, Dusk was there; I’d seen that pain in his face as he pressed the bottle toward me. He’d fought like hell to get back to Umbra, battling a devil I’d never stop running from.
And now he was handing me my freedom as he collapsed.
For Umbra.
For his pack.
My lungs were made of lead as I stood, clutching the front door handle, tears streaming down my cheeks. The two pills had dissolved on my tongue and my scent would return any moment. My mates were out there right now. At the club, or walking home…
Dusk had taken me from them. I didn’t… I didn’t owe him anything.
But I couldn’t shake his fear. I hadn’t, before today, been able to evenimagineDusk afraid. Yet, his yellow eyes were terrified as he’d stared up at me.
A sob caught in my throat.
My mates were waiting…
This might be my only chance.
Could I go to them after, though? I could check on Umbra, just to make sure he was safe…
I hurried upstairs, but when I opened the door to his room, I instantly knew something was wrong.
